Inaugural challah bake draws hundreds

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Mar 1, 2019 at 6:11 AMMar 1, 2019 at 6:11 AM

Dini Sharfstein, co-director at Chabad of St. Johns, helped teach more than 100 excitable children how to bake challah during the inaugural Kids Mega Challah Bake Feb. 10 at Durbin Creek Elementary School.

Sharfstein taught the children each step of the dough-making process as well as the importance of challah to the Jewish heritage.

“Challah is a precious age-old tradition for the Jewish family,” she said. “It’s thousands and thousands of years old, and to see the kids coming together to keep this tradition is truly heartwarming.”

After making challah, a piece is typically broken off to be burned and a blessing is said remembering that everything we have was given to us by God, and the little extra we have is so we can give to others.

“I love making challah so much," said third-grader, Briana. "I can’t hold myself back. I usually eat it right out of the oven.”

But before they could eat the challah, the children had to prepare it, which meant forming the dough and, of course, kneading it.

While the dough was rising, the children played a game.

After the prep work was done, the challahs were ready to shape, and soon enough ready to bake.

Though similar events have been held across the country, the Kids Mega Challa Bake was the first for Northeast Florida. Chabad hopes to make it an annual event.

For information on Chabad events and programing, call 701-4422 or go to JewishSJohnsCounty.com.

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